gingerly

[US]/ˈdʒɪndʒəli/
[UK]/ˈdʒɪndʒərli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. suurella varovaisuudella ja varautuneisuudella
adj. varovainen, varautunut

Phrases & Collocations

move gingerly

liiku varovasti

handle gingerly

käsittele varovasti

walk gingerly

kävele varovasti

speak gingerly

puhu varovasti

Example Sentences

She gingerly picked it up.

Hän poimi sen varovasti.

She gingerly picked the flower.

Hän poimi kukan varovasti.

The subject was handled in a gingerly way.

Asiaa käsiteltiin varovasti.

with strangers the preliminaries are taken at a gingerly pace.

Vieraiden kanssa esitellään varovasti.

The snake charmer reached out gingerly to touch the snake in his basket.

Käärmeiden lumoaja ojensi varovasti kätensä koskeakseen käärmettä korissaan.

Real-world Examples

" Undiluted bubotuber pus! " said Ron, picking up the envelope gingerly and sniffing it.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

He raised a hand and felt gingerly.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Sean gingerly took my cut-up hand in his.

Source: Reader's Digest Anthology

In the darkness, he turned to the left, stepping gingerly.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Sam gingerly removed his glove. " He did. I'm bleeding" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

Finally, he very gingerly lifted the exhausted fish from the water.

Source: Master of Reciting Short Stories

If I run my finger carefully, rather gingerly, round the blade end, I can't feel even the smallest chip.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

" Has he? " said Harry, putting his bruised foot gingerly back on the floor.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

I took it up gingerly and held it in the light of the lantern.

Source: The Sign of the Four

Gingerly, so gingerly, the seneschal approached the head, lifted it delicately by the hair. " Admiral Groleo" .

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

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